EHST 2110 ECU Solid and Hazardous Waste questions and answers

EHST 2110 ECU Solid and Hazardous Waste
questions and answers


what is MURF? - answer-material recovery facility, where all wastes goes for recovery
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what is the largest component in municipal solid wastes? - answer-paper
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2 main issues associated with landfills? - answer-leachates and methane gas
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what are leachates? - answer-liquid wastes that accumulate in bottom of landfill
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what is methane gas? - answer-generated by the natural breaking down of garbage
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how much do we recycle? - answer-1/3 of our wastes
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how can you learn about a civilization? - answer-going through their garbage
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What is the #1 strategy in management of solid wastes? - answer-source reduction
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What is the great pacific garbage patch? - answer-garbage patch the size of Texas in
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the pacific ocean
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4 general categories if wastes? - answer-Municipal wastes
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Industrial wastes V


Agricultural wastes V


Hazardous wastes V




What are bioreactors? - answer-Leachates they introduce back into the landfill.
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Leachates removed the bottom layer is not discarded but recirculated to the landfill to
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promoted microbial activity.
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How does low income families effect the wastes? - answer-Lots of canned foods, no
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paper plates, buy less clothes and shoes.
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How does higher income family effect the wastes? - answer-Not many canned foods,
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more clothes and more paper plates.
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How to manage hazardous wastes? - answer-Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
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What is a method of keeping things out of wastes stream? - answer-Product Exchange
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